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“Part of the Kingdom,” the documentary released by John Brown University digital cinema student Makenna Cofer in December of 2020 and featured in the 2021 Fayetteville Film Festival, will return to our screens for its second part by the end of the summer. Cofer announced the project via Instagram, where she shared the teaser for the upcoming documentary and disclosed her objective for what she refers to as “an expansion of Part of the Kingdom.”
Kentucky and El Paso: two places with very tangible needs for people to address. Kentucky is recovering from a recent flood, while El Paso is flooded with people in need. John Brown University students served in both places over spring break. Diego Flores, sophomore criminal justice major at JBU, served in El Paso. This spring break mission trip was Flores’ premier experience in the mission field.
Diversity has become a key theme during John Brown University’s spring 2022 semester, with the events of Charles Person, a Freedom Rider, coming to campus and the Diversity Symposium which included the International Food Festival. The festival hosted about 12 countries within the Simmons Great Hall as a Mariachi band played boisterously. Despite the harrowing weather during that week, the hall was packed with people, elbow to elbow, getting in lines to try the amazing food prepared by fellow students. Each guest received two blue tickets, allowing them two portions of food unless they opted to buy more tickets for more food.
John Brown University has announced a new dean for the College of Education, Social and Behavioral Sciences, starting in July 1, 2022. Aida Ramos will replace longstanding dean J. Richard Ellis.
While there are many ways to share the Gospel, Paul Bulgin, assistant professor of visual arts at John Brown University, has found a creative approach to represent Scripture with his artistic expression.
On Feb. 10, Bulgin hosted a reception and live art performance of his most recent gallery “Abstract, React, Impact.” His work features spin art and splatter paintings that explore biblical stories, including the Genesis account of creation through color and form.
For a couple days, John Brown University hosted on campus one of the two last living Freedom Riders, Charles Person. On Monday, Feb. 21, Person spoke in a Q&A held in the JBU library for the student-led book club that began reading his memoir, “Buses Are a Comin’,” starting on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The following day, Feb. 22, Person spoke during the Chapel service with Trisha Posey, professor of history and director of the Honors Scholars Program, and student Zipporah Jones.
Jasmine Allgood opened Tintos & Tapas on Feb. 19, 2019. Allgood transformed an old clothing store into a Colombian café, situated alongside the same stretch of road as Café on Broadway, Pure Joy and Fratelli’s in downtown Siloam Springs. It had been her dream since she was in her twenties to open a café, and for a short period of time, she saw her dream come true. Now, with great sadness, the sun is setting on Tintos & Tapas.
The moments of their wedding day are something a bride and groom never want to forget, and Kyra Hansen, local photographer, makes certain these moments get captured. When asked if she remembers the first time she picked up a camera, Hansen laughed, recalling a picture of her holding a camera […]
Justus Selwyn and Hepsiba Vivenkanandan, professors of computer science from India, fought a global pandemic to arrive at John Brown University. The couple and their son had been prevented from coming to the Natural State due to the imposed travel ban to the United States for all Indian passengers since […]
Artist and author Scott Erickson visited the John Brown University campus on Jan. 25 during spiritual emphasis week to speak in chapel and launch his new book “Say Yes.” Popular among young Christians on social media, JBU students were captivated by his performance and wisdom. A little about Scott Erickson […]